Description
Promotion of Polish and Norwegian traditional folk dances and songs, both in their country of origin, as well as abroad. The development of knowledge and dance skills of society with the special focus on children and young people, through the organization of specialized workshops and the creation of educational materials. Scheduled for 2014, it is planned to organize 4 series of workshops, 2 in Poland and 2 in Norway, half of which will be classes for professionals and project partners, and the other for amateurs, open to all. The workshops will serve as a mean of learning the folk dances of the partner country and including the acquired dance forms into the artistic programs of the institutions in the future. Events will take place in Koszęcin premises of the applicant, as well as in Katowice and Zabrze. There will also be two series of workshops in Poland for both teams and professionals, as well as for all comers amateurs who would like to learn folk dances. Strilaringen and "Śląsk" will also jointly organize a workshops open to the public in the field of Polish and Norwegian folk dances.
Summary of project results
Promotion of Polish and Norwegian traditional folk dances and songs, both in their country of origin, as well as abroad. The development of knowledge and dance skills of society with the special focus on children and young people, through the organization of specialized workshops and the creation of educational materials. During the project there were organized 4 series of workshops, 2 in Poland and 2 in Norway, half of which will be classes for professionals and project partners, and the other for amateurs, open to all. The workshops served as a mean of learning the folk dances of the partner country and including the acquired dance forms into the artistic programs of the institutions in the future. Events took place in Koszęcin premises of the applicant, as well as in Katowice and Zabrze. There also were two series of workshops in Poland for both teams and professionals, as well as for all comers amateurs who would like to learn folk dances. Strilaringen and "Śląsk" also jointly organized a workshops open to the public in the field of Polish and Norwegian folk dances.
Summary of bilateral results
The project was based on the close cooperation between the Polish applicant Polish National Song and Dance Ensemble "Śląsk" in memory of Stanisław Hadyna and the Norwegian partner – a folk group Strilaringen, with the following aims: Promotion of Polish and Norwegian traditional folk dances and songs, both in their country of origin, as well as abroad The development of knowledge and dance skills of society with the special focus on children and young people, through the organization of specialized workshops and the creation of educational materials on he project website and on the CD documenting the project implementation. Strengthening the cooperation between Polish and Norwegian groups of folk songs and dance and their role in the shaping of their national cultures. Both teams performed together in front of the audience, including the newly acquired dances. Cooperation during the workshops, developing a joint artistic program and an exchange of experiences between dancers of both teams will contribute to further cooperation in the future. Thanks to the workshops, Norwegian dances became familiar to the Poles and the Polish ones to Norwegians.